To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Oh, joy of all joys! I have INTERNET again! I thought I might die waiting, and was sure I'd have to wait till sometime next week. No, no, though, I am set to go!

Just for a quick update, the house is coming togther somewhat. I was going to organize more today, but then the UPS man came w/my bellsouth stuff, so I found it much more important to play with my computer than to work around the house. Surprised? I think not.

Yesterday we ran errands and got a lot done. I took Taryn for her one year checkup. She's slowed down on growing a bit. She's only in the 75% for height, and 50% for weight. Oh well. She passed her freaky vision test, and is good to go overall. The fun part, though, was when I asked the dr. about TJ and his walking on his tippy-toes, which he's done since day one. I've never cared how he walks, but people have started asking about it, and telling me they knew so-and-so who had physical therapy for that same thing once. So, I asked, and sure enough, she is now calling in a referral for me to start taking him to physical therapy, so as to curb the problem early and quickly. I honestly never thought it was a problem...great. I always just assumed that would make him a better ballet dancer! What sucks is that I was going to see about getting him into a gymnastics class, but I guess I'll pass since his feet may not appreciate all the work.

Trey's gone again. I never realized how much we'd miss him till he left for days at a time. Taryn would not let him leave her sight the whole time he was here, and while he's gone, the only word she'll say is "Da da". I was hoping she would be a Daddy's girl, but never in my life did I imagine that she would be so very attached to him! It was like I didn't even exist while he was here. It was cute! TJ, of course, is all still mine...well, at least when we're not in the pool!

Well, I've been on here long enough now. It took forever to try to figure out how to export my address book to my new email account! I hope you all have a great day, and I'll see you again soon!

I wonder if you had went to an older more experienced doctor if they would have not made a big issues of walking on his toes.

Many, many kids do.... but I've found that the younger "book" smart doctors, as compared to the older "life" smart doctors like to over-react to pretty much everything. (Antibiotics, specialists and overuse of prescriptions). JMO.